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The good news is that it’s made some serious strides toward that goal over the last two years. The bad news is it’s not nearly enough to support the enormous amounts of new wind and solar power needed to meet climate goals. So says a new report from consultancy Grid Strategies and commissioned by trade group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG), which counts 36 high-voltage transmission projects primed to start construction across the country in the near future. That’s 14 more ​“ready-to-go” projects than Grid Strategies identified in a similar report in 2021 — and if they can be built, they could make significant improvements in the country’s grid reliability and clean energy needs. The 36 projects on the list include high-voltage direct-current lines to carry power from onshore wind farms in Great Plains states and offshore installations along the Atlantic coast. They also include networks of high-voltage alternating-current lines to link renewables-rich areas to population cente

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